Re: [translations] Re: Links to changes PDF

[Francisco Vila <paconet.org@xxxxxxxxx>]

El 19/3/20 a las 15:41, David Kastrup escribió:
> Francisco Vila <paconet@xxxxxx> writes:
>
> > Hello all,
> >
> > Web build system is a mess. Please look at this
> >
> > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_JleQNbXohBr5FaNEW-mSbCuT-OJI0msqGwVohoXpTM/edit?usp=sharing
> >
> > Here I'm focusing in Changes PDF only.
> >
> > What it is interesting is:
> >
> > [ca] uses the suffix, but the actual file is not found or generated.
> > One is tempted to think, just don't use the suffix, but keep reading
> >
> > [de] does not use the suffix, but it maybe should, a German file is
> > generated. Again, one is tempted to think, just use the suffix, but keep
> > on reading
> >
> > [fr] does not use the suffix, text in web looks like it's [fr] but then
> > links to [en] although a French file exists
>
> May be different if your browser is set to prefer French?

I am looking at the actual HTML in

  .../build/out-www/offline-root/Documentation/web/changes.fr.html

$ grep changes 
build/out-www/offline-root/Documentation/web/changes.fr.html | grep pdf

</li><li>         <a href="../changes.pdf">changes.fr.pdf</a>

> > [it] uses the suffix, but both text in web and actual link ignore it,
> > links to [en] although an Italian file does exist just like [fr]
> >
> >
> > [fr] and [it] cases are shocking because the text/link pair does not
> > match the macro being used, at all, and it fails in reverse ways.
> >
> > what. am. I. missing.
> >
> > It looks unmantainable without a huge lot of help. There are macro
> > chains which are too long. There is too much post-processing of the
> > output. I still haven't found a simple list of what we want to generate.
>
> I think CCing the developer list here is in order.  I think what this
> may need is someone surveying the situation and figuring out a
> strategy.  I think part of the problem may stem from translators
> starting from the English version and all of them developing their
> specific strategy of dealing with translated links.
>
> Maybe it would help if we made English language non-special, with en in
> all its specific web files?  That might make it more straightforward for
> the translations to arrive at a uniform strategy since they then could
> just copy what the English version does?

Yes and no. Yes because translations are IMO too much a special case.

No because currently at least original docs do work, and copying what 
[es] does, which also works, is of no help as seen before.

In row "es" of the spreadsheet above, the comments cell should say

  "just lucky"

Until somebody explains me what is happening here.

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Francisco Vila, Ph.D. - Badajoz (Spain)
paconet.org , lilypond.es